summer lightning

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Even before freak summer lightning storms lit up the state weeks earlier than expected and Covid-19 and the climate crisis became dueling calamities, fire crews were bracing for season of record-breaking infernos across the west.

From The Guardian • Sep. 15, 2020

The multitude of ignitions were mostly sparked by a freak summer lightning storm Sunday, which hit at the worst possible time, when the grass and brush were at their driest.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 2020

Those firefighters will have plenty to do this summer; lightning strikes will keep them busy.

From Washington Times • Jun. 27, 2018

Mary now calls the book her “hideous progeny”, and claims that the whole idea came to her instantly, like an emotional bolt of summer lightning on waking from a terrible nightmare.

From Nature • Jul. 26, 2016

Mrs. Owens asked the flickering shape in the graveyard, now little more than an outline, like distant summer lightning in the shape of a woman.

From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman